Brave New Teaching: A Podcast for High School and Middle School Teachers

This week's episode takes more of our listener questions - this time about grading, the most enticing of all education topics - and answers them with philosophies, routines, and practices we employ in our own classrooms. Any grading conversation is just the tip of the iceberg, so let's dig in! Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each we...

This week's episode answers some listener questions about curriculum planning, specifically backwards planning. Here are some of our best tips, strategies, and habits to make backwards planning successful for you and your classroom! Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each week: Join BNT Happy Hour Here! "Send us a message - please incl...

This week we have another unit recap, this time from Marie, talking through her unit where she teaches two Shakespeare plays... and not just any two plays - Hamlet & Macbeth! In one unit. Over the course of a month. Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each week: Join BNT Happy Hour Here! "Send us a message - please include your contact i...

We are back at it with another episode about Shakespeare, and this time we talk through some of the most commonly taught plays and the essential questions we explore when we teach them in our own classrooms! If you haven't registered for the FREE Shakespeare Teacher Festival, click here to do so ! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each week: Join...

This week's episode is a re-run of one of our most-listened-to episodes - #16 "To Find Supplemental Texts." We've had so many conversations with colleagues and fellow teachers lately about how so much of our curriculum is getting lost in the shuffle of pandemic teaching, so we wanted to provide a good resource for materials! Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this ep...

This week marks nearly one year to the day that lockdown from the COVID-19 virus began. On this episode, we hear from educators from all over about what they wish their communities, school boards, families, students, administrators, and politicians knew. If we have learned anything over the past year, it is that listening to, recognizing, and holding space for others is one of the most important t...

This week Amanda had the pleasure of interviewing Betsy Potash from Spark Creativity . Their conversation centers on hexagonal thinking, and you'll want a pen and notepad handy for this one - so many good ideas!! Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each week: Join BNT Happy Hour Here! "Send us a message - please include your contact inf...

  CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each week: Join BNT Happy Hour Here! "Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!" Head to bravenewteaching.com/waitlist to become a beta tester for BNT University! Support the show 📚 BNT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT & RESOURCES 👩‍💻 Join Happy Hour! Curriculum Rehab...

This week's episode is all about the Bard! We took listener questions about Shakespeare - planning, teaching, assessing, and more - and answered them in the nerdiest teacher way we could! PLUS a big announcement - registration is now open for the 2021 Shakespeare Teacher Festival (April 5-10, 2021). This free festival includes our best teaching tips & strategies for including Shakespeare...

This week on the podcast, Marie is sharing her 3 best secrets for creating a unique culture and community among each class of students we have - EVEN THROUGH VIRTUAL LEARNING! Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each week: Join BNT Happy Hour Here! "Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!" Head t...

This week's episode tackles the two big grading myths we teachers believe, and it gives you some great tips and strategies along the way for saving your time and energy. Grab a notebook and a pen, because you'll want to take some notes! Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each week: Join BNT Happy Hour Here! "Send us a message - pl...

**This episode had a sound glitch when we first uploaded - you might need to delete it, then download again for the correct audio ;) ** Today, we bring you yet another exciting COLLABISODE with listeners to the podcast! Valentine’s Day is a fun “holiday” to celebrate in the classroom and we thought we’d bring some new ideas your way by handing off the microphone to six amazingly creative teachers....

It's time for another episode in our series celebrating diverse voices - in celebration of Black History Month starting February 1, we have some author suggestions and teaching ideas for bringing your students more opportunity to hear a diverse collection of voices (even when you have prescribed curriculum!). Make sure to head to the show notes for links to all the resources we mention in the...

You asked and we delivered! These are a few of our favorite things - from tried and true weeknight dinners to our favorite novels to teach to seniors... This is an eclectic bunch of tips and favorites to be sure! Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each week: Join BNT Happy Hour Here! "Send us a message - please include your contact informat...

This week we are all about pacing - not so much pacing a curricular calendar or even a unit, though... Let's talk about how to pace a single class period, from bell to bell.  Now, we can say goodbye to those end-of-class "Oh no! We didn't finish!" moments! Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each week: Join BNT Happy Hour Here...

Welcome to Season 2!!! We are so excited to continue this podcast with our AMAZING listeners and community!  This week's episode is a timely one as we look ahead to the year that is just beginning, but not quite the cliche New Year's Resolution episode we've come to expect out of January - let's talk about being realistic in our classrooms, with our students, and in our lives o...

Today's episode is our first season closer, an open letter to this amazing Brave New Teaching community - WE SEE YOU.  Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each week: Join BNT Happy Hour Here! "Send us a message - please include your contact information so we can chat soon!" Head to bravenewteaching.com/waitlist to become a beta tester for BNT University! Support t...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! This episode is a re-run of one of our most popular episodes to date where we workshop essential questions for Marie's current school year. It is a raw and unfiltered work session where we throw things against the wall to see what sticks, and is a great window into our own creative process. Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teac...

In this minisode, we express how truly grateful we are for you, the Brave New Teaching Community! We also wanted to let you know about an opportunity that is coming up in just a couple days - the doors to Curriculum Rehab will open again for a limited time! Also, make sure you don't miss the HUGE Black Friday Sale we are having... Click the link below for more information! CLICK HERE FOR MORE...

This episode is like a conversation with an old friend - warm, inviting, and thought-provoking in all the right ways. Symantha Outwater is in her 8th year teaching, and we discuss all sorts of topics from her early years in the classroom, to teaching at-risk populations, to her philosophy that teachers are there for "creating better humans." Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in...

In this BONUS minisode, we share with you some of the ideas we have been discussing and using with our students to give them breaks from their screens while doing classwork. This is one of those moments where simplifying and giving students choice is really the best way to go! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned in this episode: Get more Brave New Teaching each week: Join BNT Happy Hour Here! &quo...

Buckle down - this episode is a long one and it is FULL of all the things we love to bring to your ears! Philosophy? Check! Practical strategies? Check! Real-life classroom examples? CHECK! Join us as we talk to educators Jeffrey Wilhelm and Christopher Butts about their extensive research and experience in the field of inquiry-driven curriculum, and their new book, Planning Powerful Instruction ....

This episode is the second in our series celebrating diverse voices and authors - in honor of Indigenous Peoples' Month, we bring you a long list of Indigenous writers to bring into your classroom. We discuss how we have incorporated the writers and texts we have in our own classrooms, ideas for pairing these texts with existing curriculum, and more. Enjoy! CLICK HERE FOR SHOW NOTES Mentioned...

In this episode, we express our gratitude for YOU, our wonderful listeners!! We put our minds together and came up with 15 prompts & activities to use with students in order to foster gratitude - use them as they are, alter them to make them work for you, whatever! We use these prompts as bellringers during the first 3 weeks in November, but any classroom could use a little dose of gratitude a...

We have another interview with an amazing educator - Kyle Etheridge, who began his teaching career with none other than out own Amanda as his teacher mentor. In today’s interview, Kyle recounts his journey through troubleshooting inquiry-driven curriculum design and teaching as well as an on the spot design of an essential question. Kyle and Amanda are totally honest about their struggles and succ...